Oklahoma City overcame a 2-0 third period deficit to force overtime and shootout and earned a 3-2 shootout win over the Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday night. Justin Schultz led the way for the Barons with two assists and the game winner in the shootout, while Olivier Roy made 15 saves to improve the Barons to an 18-12-1-3 record.

The first period was controlled by the Barons until the 7:14 when Alex Plante was called for roughing. On the ensuing power play, Taylor Beck sent the puck to Chris Mueller and Mueller found defenseman Victor Bartley for the goal and the 1-0 lead. The goal was the first allowed by the Barons in the 1st period since December 16th. For only the fourth time all season, and the first since November 21st, the Barons trailed after the 1st period.

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After outshooting the Admirals 15-5 in the first, the Barons looked to maintain the territorial advantage. After killing off an early Admirals power play, the Barons received their own chance. On the faceoff, the puck was shot into the Barons zone and a misplay by Olivier Roy led to a wraparound chance by Kevin Henderson and a shorthanded goal to put the Barons down 2-0 at 11:08. Although the Barons were outshot 7-6 in the period, they still maintained a 21-12 total shots advantage at the second intermission.

Early in the third, Anton Lander was high sticked by Ads centerman Michael Latta. At the 8:45 mark, Taylor Hall received a cross-ice pass from Mark Arcobello and he one-timed it into the net past Jeremy Smith to bring the Barons to within one. Justin Schultz earned the second assist on the goal.

The Milwaukee defense stood firm through most of the third period as the Barons put 15 shots on net, but a late tripping penalty gave the Barons their second power-play chance of the period. Just 15 seconds into the power play, Jordan Eberle netted the equalizer with just over two minutes to play in the game. The goal was Eberle's 25th of the season. Schultz and Teemu Hartikainen earned the assists.

A late chance by the Barons and Jordan Eberle was cut short by the horn to end regulation time and send the game to overtime. A breakaway chance by Mark van Guilder was the best chance by the Admirals in the extra period, but Olivier Roy made the stop and turned aside three others to send the game to a shootout.

Magnus Paajarvi opened the scoring for the Barons in the first round, while Lander, Eberle, Arcobello, and Hall were turned aside. Austin Watson was the lone scorer for the Admirals in the shootout as Roy turned aside four of five shooters to send the shootout into sudden death rounds. Juuso Puustinen was turned away by Roy in the sixth round, while Justin Schultz scored in the following attempt to give the Barons the 3-2 shootout win.

The Barons outshot the Admirals 37-17, putting up 15 shots in both the first and third periods, while holding the Admirals to just one shot in the third. The Barons were 2-for-5 with the man advantage in the game, and the Admirals went 1-for-2. Jeremy Smith made 35 saves in net for Milwaukee, as the Admirals fell to 16-14-2-1 on the season.

The Barons are back in action tomorrow at 4 pm CST at the Allstate Arena in Chicago to take on the Wolves for the first time this season. The game can be heard on the Barons flagship station, 96.1 KXY.